Decision making by the modern supreme court amazonde richard l pacelle jr brett w curry bryan w marshall fremdsprachige bucher. Decision making by the modern supreme court pacelle jr richard l curry brett w marshall bryan w pacelle jr richard l curry brett w marshall bryan w . In decision making by the modern supreme court professors pacelle curry and marshall contribute a unique birds eye view of the modern court since brown by controlling for key factors associated with attitudes separation of powers precedent and issue evolution the authors parsimonious models of supreme court decision making enable comparison of these influences across the courts docket and across time the picture that emerges is one of a court driven by policy preferences . There are three general models of supreme court decision making the legal model the attitudinal model and the strategic model but each is somewhat incomplete this book advances an integrated